And if you think it looks relatively tame, wait till you see the interior

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Clayton Seams | December 18, 2017

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George Barris, the car customizer who passed away in 2015, is legendary for his hundreds of custom cars, including the original TV Batmobile and the Monkeemobile. But he rarely kept any of these creations for himself. Now you have the opportunity to own one that the self-titled “King of the Kustomizers” actually did keep when it goes up for auction at the Barrett-Jackson 2018 Scottsdale auction next month.

This striking gold-on-brown 1978 Ferrari 308 GTS was bought new by Barris as a little gift to self but, of course, it didn’t stay stock for long. Like every Barris car, this one has been heavily modified and today sports a set of bulging fender flares to house wide tires on gold mesh rims, the pop-up headlights have been removed and now reside behind the grill at the front of the car.

Inside, the car has a wild tricolore interior with lots of burled walnut and a crazy proto-digitial dashboard. The tachometer and speedometer have been replaced with a myriad of tiny lightbulbs, while colourful square buttons give vital signs on everything from the choke to the headlights to the parking brake. The Ferrari was featured on an episode of Knight Rider where the car stars as the ride of choice for “Dagger D-X”, an underground street-racing kingpin.